The loquat

You know how I like to find interesting edibles and bring them home to try.  My excellent husband brought me a little basket of organic loquats from the farmer's market this weekend.

Loquats!  Even the name is fun.  They are a berry/fruit from China.  They grow on bushy trees.

I put them on a plate and surgically removed the stem end of one.  Big seeds are inside.  They remind me of a lychee seed-- so dark brown and smooth.

Then you remove the seeds and dig out the membranes.  Then you eat what's left, skin and all.  They're quite nice.  Kind of like.... an orangey peach?  An apricotish plum?